Posts Tagged ‘Sefl Defense in Virginia’
posted by Virginia Criminal Lawyer | Alexandria, Fairfax, Arlington, Falls Church, Prince William |
on 18.2-36.1, 18.2-51, 18.2-57, MALICIOUS WOUNDING, Sefl Defense in Virginia, Virginia Self Defense Lawyer, Virginia Weapons Lawyer |
The author, Marina Medvin, is a passionate trial attorney who focuses her practice exclusively on criminal defense. She advocates for her clients in Federal and Virginia State courthouses on a daily basis. Ms. Medvin is presently accepting clients for criminal cases pending in Alexandria, Fairfax, Arlington, Falls Church, Prince William, and in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria.
SELF-DEFENSE
Life is the most basic right of them all. As such, all states have a law giving you the privilege to exercise reasonable force to protect your life. In many instances, the police and prosecutors will not charge someone defending his life in that way – but the facts and evidence have to be clearly lined up in favor of using any force against the assailant. This of course gets a bit complicated once a hero citizen gets charged with malicious wounding or murder when the evidence isn’t as clear.
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